Peter Fulton finally evens balance of runs and centimetres

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Fulton, the New Zealand batsman, acknowledged his century in an almost bashful mannerGareth Copley

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Mark BaldwinAuckland

Last updated at 6:38PM, March 22 2013

When a day’s Test cricket belongs to Peter Fulton — and certainly no offence
is meant here to the man dubbed “Two-Metre Peter” in New Zealand — then it
must be by definition a low-key affair.

Fulton, who is actually only 1.98 metres tall (or about 6ft 6in if you
prefer), is as understated and modest in character as his Test batting
record was before the opening day of the first five-day match staged at Eden
Park for seven years.

It was back in 2006, his own debut year, that Fulton made his previous
Test-best of 75, but in 12 matches prior